Like many others, I learned about yesterday’s tragedy at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs when I turned on the news after church. I had the privilege of preaching at the homecoming service at Tar Heel Baptist Church in Tar Heel, NC. It’s a wonderful church and God is doing a remarkable work through the… Read More

Every year in late October, Christians divide. There may be no other national holiday or celebration that elicits more ideological battles and relational divides within the body of Christ than Halloween. Some families and churches understand Halloween as a yearly celebration of occult and pagan practices. If this is truly the case, then of course… Read More

In North America, many will remember 2017 as the year of calamity. Catastrophic storms, massive earthquakes, devastating fires and a horrific mass-shooting have wreaked death and destruction. Amid the public response to these large-scale tragedies, some commentators—typically professing Christians—declare that the hand of God is punishing people and nations. Similar claims, one may recall, were… Read More

Another shooting. Another round of debates. Tears shed. Sides taken. Stats quoted. Voices raised. Laws passed. Another shooting. Another round of debates. Another set of laws. Another shooting… Tragically, this cycle is common enough that it leaves people wondering, through tears and righteous anger, “When will it end?” The anguish of the psalmist has become… Read More

This morning, you and I awoke to the same heartbreaking news: The worst mass shooting in modern US history. At the time of this writing, news reports indicate that Stephen Paddock, acting alone, shot and killed more than 50 people in Las Vegas, wounding some 200 others. Paddock then killed himself as the SWAT teams… Read More

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